The Board of Directors of Piedmont Municipal Power Agency (PMPA) has appointed Coleman F. Smoak, Jr. as its new General Manager. Mr. Smoak has been the General Manager of the Laurens Commission of Public Works (CPW) for the past 21 years. He has served as Interim General Manager of PMPA since last December.

Smoak was appointed CPW General Manager and Director on the PMPA Board

in 1985. He served as Chairman of PMPA from 1989 through 1993 and was Vice Chairman when he resigned from the Board to serve as Interim Manager. Piedmont Municipal Power Agency is a joint-action agency providing wholesale electric service to ten municipalities in upstate South Carolina: Abbeville, Clinton, Easley, Gaffney, Greer, Laurens, Newberry, Rock Hill, Union, and Westminster.